UVA Deferrals

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year had a 3% deferral admit rate when it was all said and done. I would encourage your child to move on, fall in love with another school. If the 3% odds end up being in your favor, that would be a wonderful surprise, but I sure wouldn’t hold out for that.

This is the info op needs. The rest is anecdotal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Last year had a 3% deferral admit rate when it was all said and done. I would encourage your child to move on, fall in love with another school. If the 3% odds end up being in your favor, that would be a wonderful surprise, but I sure wouldn’t hold out for that.

This is the info op needs. The rest is anecdotal.

Op here.
True, and we are. Waitlist is the last thing we want to be in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know a deferred kid last year who had very good grades/scores and did everything they could to get in (sending in grades all year--all As, sending in a rec from from a person prominent at UVA, etc) and nothing worked. They were never admitted.

If the elevated grades didn’t help him either, they should have just rejected at regular decision. Seriously!

[Anonymous]

Private school. I’m looking at SCOIR and in 2025 all UVA deferrals were waitlisted in RD except one person who was accepted in RD.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Private school. I’m looking at SCOIR and in 2025 all UVA deferrals were waitlisted in RD except one person who was accepted in RD.

Oh wow 😮

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Last year had a 3% deferral admit rate when it was all said and done. I would encourage your child to move on, fall in love with another school. If the 3% odds end up being in your favor, that would be a wonderful surprise, but I sure wouldn’t hold out for that.

Where did you get this number? Should be higher, in teens.

[Anonymous]

A deferral here - in state.

[Anonymous]

Just checked Scoir for our DMV private school. Over the past 4 years, 10 kids were deferred after applying ED: eventually, 2 were accepted, 2 were denied, and 6 were waitlisted.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What do they really look for between ED and Deferral / RD decisions for those that have been deferred the past?
Is it only gpa increase?

A school either wants you or they don’t. Deferral schools immediately come off the list. In our family you commit to an admit and move on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What do they really look for between ED and Deferral / RD decisions for those that have been deferred the past?
Is it only gpa increase?

Does your post mean UVA back to deferring those not accepted at ED? I thought at one point they moved to either accept or reject at ED and no deferrals. When did they go back to doing deferrals?

We know several who were admitted over the summer off of the waitlist who were originally deferred ED fwiw. Two of them accepted right before school started and are first years now.

They only did this for the class of 2024. They went back to including deferrals for the class of 2025.

FWIW I don't know anyone who was accepted after a deferral last for the class of 2025. That can obviously change year to year, but did want to share.

[Anonymous]

We know several who were admitted over the summer off of the waitlist who were originally deferred ED fwiw. Two of them accepted right before school started and are first years now.